Saturday Feb. 13 5:15 p.m. Maria & Manuel CabralSunday Feb. 14 9:30 a.m. Jim Lawton

11:00 a.m. Members of the Parish

Tuesday Feb. 16 7:00 p.m. Lourdes Missisier

Wednesday Feb. 17 9:30 a.m. Paul Jennings

Thursday Feb. 18 9:30 a.m. Bill, Wanita & Julie Gourdier

Friday Feb. 19 9:30 a.m. Bernadette Filson

Saturday Feb. 20 5:15 p.m. Members of the Parish

Sunday Feb. 21 9:30 a.m. Mary Rose O’Neill

11:00 a.m. Paddy O’Boyle

** All servers welcome in the Sactuary at all liturgies

Liturgies this week

The Rosary The Rosary is prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament Mass, Tuesday. – Saturday., before Mass.

Blessing of Married CouplesMay you both continue to grow in the truth that marriage is not merely living for each other but joining hands to serve God. May you have a great spiritual purpose in life. May you not expect perfection in each other. Perfection belongs only to God. May you minimize each other’s weaknesses and be swift to praise and magnify each other’s strengths. May you always see each other through love’s kind and patient eyes.

God bless your lives together. May you have enough tears to keep you tender, enough hurt to keep you human, enough failures to keep you tightly clutching God’s hand, and enough blessings to affirm that you are indeed God’s children.

May you never take each other for granted but always experience that breathless wonder that exclaims, “Out of all this world, you have chosen me”.May your life together be such that at the end of life you will be found still hand in hand, still thanking God for each other, still faithful servants of our Heavenly Father – until at last one shall lay the other into the arms of God. ~ Amen

Prayer Line Contact: Shirley Legris 613-545-0493

Knights of Columbus 1st Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass, Grand Knight – Joseph Hamilton

Catholic Women’s League

2nd Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass

Finance Committee Dr. A. Sanfilippo, Chairman

Parish Council Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Property Committee Richard Hoffman, ChairmanFundraising Committee 4th Wed. of the month 7:00 p.m. = Elaine

Clark, ChairpersonHospitality Committee Kay Weerasooriya

Justice and Peace Committee

4th Thurs of the month 7:00 p.m. - Bronek Korczysnki, Chairman

Liturgy Committee Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Screening Committee Joanne Cosgrove, Chairperson

Legion of Mary Tues. 9:30 a.m.

Junior Liturgy 9:30 a.m. MassPartners in Mission Food Donations

Food to be received 3rd week each month

Choir Practice Thursdays | 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Secretary’s Office Hours Mon. – Thurs. 9 to 12 noon

September - June

Thank you to Ed and Tessie Torres for donating the flowers in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes, last weekend. The flowers are in memory of Crisanto Manic

2015 Income Tax Receipts are available in the vestibule If yours is not included or there are questions about your receipt, please contact the office. Your generosity to your responsibility in supporting our parish continues to manifest your faith and our future.

Parish Refugee Update Thank you to everyone who took the time to consider our parish questionnaire regarding refugee sponsorship. We are presently analyzing your feedback in order to determine our capacity and discern possible next steps. We will keep you posted and always appreciate hearing your suggestions.

Liturgical Assignments are posted on the bulletin boards and on the parish website

Holy Communion to those in the Parish who are not well enough to come to Sunday Mass, please contact Carol Young: 613-389-6306.

Sacrament of Penance Saturday, 4:30-5:00 p.m., daily before Mass, and by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism: by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage: Arrange 6 months in advance. Pre-marriage course required

Sacrament of the sick: as needed. Call the parish office.

Sacraments

The 9th St. John Fisher dinner will be held on Mar. 31st at the Ambassador Hotel and Conference Centre. Ukraine: Church of the New Martyrs. Our Visitor is His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Reception 6 pm Dinner 7 pm. Individual registration for the dinner is $80. Table of 10 - $700. We would encourage you to register at http://store.cco.ca as soon as possible. All proceeds from the dinner support the work of Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) at Queen’s University, where they have been working closely with Newman House since 2007.

Lenten Socials On Thursday mornings during Lent, we will be hosting a coffee/tea social hour after Mass in the meeting room. All are welcome. Sponsored by CWL.

The year 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. A 50th Anniversary Sub-Committee of the Parish Council has been formed, and members are busy planning an agenda of celebratory events. There will be a special

Thanksgiving Liturgy and several other events, such as a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, a parish family barbecue, a special fundraising dinner and historical photo story boards.

In order to commemorate this important parish milestone, we invite all parishioners to participate in a new Parish Photo Directory. The Knights of Columbus have generously offered to organize this project under the leadership of Jack Breault. The Knights will begin taking booking for family and/or individual photographs on February 1. We would ask all of you to join in and make this Photo Directory a success.

Updates on the 50th anniversary celebrations will be provided in the bulletin and on our parish web page, as plans progress. Let us invoke the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes upon the golden anniversary of our parish celebrations.

Junior Liturgy The Junior Liturgy program will not be offered on March 13 and March 20 because it is the March Break. It will resume on Easter Sunday, March 27 at the 9:30 a.m. Mass

Food Bank, St. Vincent de Paul Next weekend is the third Sunday of the month - a good time for making contributions

EVENTS | Mar 27 Easter Sunday Apr 23/24 First Communion at all Masses May 28 5:15 pm Confirmation

5:15 pm 9:30 am 11:00 am

Lectors L. SagriffC. Manley

J. McCabeM. McCabe

A. ClarkP. Noonan

E.M. L. SagriffC. Manley

J. McCabeL. Garofalo

A. ClarkP. Noonan

Gifts MarkFamily

C. TorresK. Torres

ChandrarajanFamily

Ushers VolunteerVolunteer

E. JezakVolunteer

R. VanderhelmVolunteer

Liturgical Assignments |February 20/21

Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School Parent Information Evening will be held for parents of grade 8 students on Wednesday, February 17th, 2016, at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. Classrooms will be open, displays from various departments will be up and students will also be available to guide people throughout the school.

Week 1 – Feb. 13 & 4 – Share Lent – A climate of change pilgrimage starts in Haiti. This year for Share Lent, Development and Peace invites you to join a Climate of change pilgrimage. Together we will journey through Lent with people whose lives are being changed with your support. Please take a copy of the Mini-journey magazine from church today. This is your pilgrimage guide. In Week 1 we meet Adonis Madjine from Haiti. A survivor of the 2010 earthquake, she is benefitting from a social enterprise project to raise chickens. “I have a husband and two children. Thanks to this job and the wages I receive, I can take care of my family, send my children to school and complete a few projects.”

Twenty-Four Hours with the LordOnce again, and especially during the Jubilee of Mercy, 24 Hours with the Lord, will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral, beginning at 1 pm after the noon Mass, Friday, March 4 and concluding before the 5 pm Saturday Vigil Mass on Saturday, March 5. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the cathedral throughout this time. Confessions will be heard by priests from parishes throughout the Kingston area. Please come, day or night, and receive this great gift of the Lord’s Loving Mercy. If you know someone who has been away for a while, perhaps they also might like to accompany you. Please pass the word.

Knights of Columbus Dinner April 23, 260 Brock St., 6-8 pm. Proceeds to St. Mary’s Restoration Fund. For more info, see bulletin board or contact Grand Knight Doug Snider at 613-572-6046 or dj53@live.ca